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Church of The Messiah Gjoa Haven Fall / Winter 2018 Bishop Parsons’ Message Thank you for financially read one of his sermons on pages 30-31. We supporting Arctic ministry were blessed this summer to have both Colton and praying for us. I hope Carrick and Aaron Solberg join us for their you’re encouraged as you summer placements. Their stories are found on read this issue. I also want pages 23-26. to thank Annie who has The vision included developing effective youth been helping at the ministry. Whether living off the land or being a office, Abe our treasurer, political leader to help with self-determination Matilda our diocesan or cultural and economic stewardship, we want translator, Ryan our to be part of the process to help our youth executive officer, Deanna our youth develop Christian maturity and be full members coordinator, Joey and Jenn at ATTS, Bishop of society and. if called, enter into full time Darren and all our clergy and lay leaders who ministry. We thank God our investment in a lovingly minister in isolated areas and who are, Youth Coordinator is bearing fruit. Deanna has at times under enormous pressures. God bless traveled the Arctic building a youth network, you all. organized two Diocesan Youth Leaders training We thank God that St. Peter’s in Grise Fiord is schools, two Teens Encounter Christ weekends almost completely restored after a fire gutted it as well as other youth gatherings. last January. The community of St. Stephen’s Our vision includes building partnerships with Kuujjuaq finished building a new church and Christian Christ-centered mission-minded being debt free it was consecrated in ministries. Bishop Darren and I have visited September. Holy Comforter Rankin Inlet has British colleges, Crosslinks, Arctic Fellowships, made significant progress in paying off their the Diocese of Albany, NY and attended Climate church and Inukjuak began building a new Change conferences; this too is a reality for rectory in August and hope for their new Arctic peoples. We thank Trinity School of minister to be moved in December. Ministry for partnering with us and ATTS. A year Six years ago, we asked God, “How do we fulfill ago, I was invited to attend the Korean Global Jesus’ commission to proclaim the Gospel and Mission Leaders Forum (KGMLF) http:// make disciples?” We were given long term kgmlf.org where we considered the migrations vision to focus on strengthening the family so of people. The next one will consider mental that parents teach and inspire their children to health. Though invitations were limited, the be confident interdependent people who can Diocese of the Arctic received 8 invitations to function well in all aspects of society. To attend one of the largest gatherings of the strengthen families, we need to train clergy to Anglican Communion ever held: the Global help them and help congregations come Anglican Futures Conference. What a joy to mix alongside their communities and demonstrate with the Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons practically the love of God. Jesus taught we and Laity from all across the communion who must earn the right to speak through stand for Anglican Orthodoxy. I am grateful that compassionate works of service. Often it’s only GAFCON recognizes our Diocese to be an then that a hurting soul may see Jesus working orthodox Diocese within the Anglican Church of through us and make baby steps towards . Read some reflection on GAFCON on developing their own relationship with Jesus. As pages 22-23. As the Body of Christ, we should well, ATTS was reopened and four graduates are make every effort to develop harmonious serving in churches. Read about Rev. Martha relationships with one another. For this reason, I Kunuk on pg 10 and Annie Keenainak on page continue to be in communion with ACNA and 20. It will take a while to train all our clergy at see them as brothers and sisters in Christ. I hope ATTS so we have been recruiting Christ-focused that soon Canterbury will recognize ACNA as full clergy to join the Diocese. We thank God for members of our Anglican Communion. those He has sent us. You will read about Rev. As a minister of the Gospel I seek to bring Bryan Haigh’s journey of faith on page 8 and reconciliation where there is conflict. It would 2 be more comfortable to hide away, but Jesus Following conversion it is crucial that we seek said the lit lamp is not to be put under a God and spend time learning to be a disciple of basket. Recently, I was asked by the Ahmadiyya Jesus. Many would have us follow their way, Muslim Jamā’at to speak at their World rather than Jesus’ Way. Colossians 2: 8-15 says, Religions Conference on the topic: The “See to it that no one takes you captive by Fundamentals of Achieving Everlasting Peace. philosophy and empty deceit, according to human What a topic! It was interesting that the tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the moderator, in introducing the topic and world, and not according to Christ.” speakers said: “religion is to blame for much of Presently there is much confusion and turmoil the world’s bloodshed.” Some years ago while within the Anglican Church of Canada regarding preparing to speak at a Remembrance Day the centrality of Jesus, the authority of the Bible service, I had come across Charles Phillips and and identity. Some do not believe that salvation Alan Axelrod’s Encyclopedia of Wars. They is found in Jesus alone or that Jesus is the Way record, that of the 1763 wars recorded in the the Truth and the life, that the Bible is past 3,500 years, 17 million people have been trustworthy or that marriage is intended as a killed because of religion, while in the last 150 lifelong covenant between one man and one years, non-religious people have killed 149 woman. This puts me at odds with parts of the million people. I share this with the WRC. House of Bishops. I see in the House of Bishops a I also went on to share that the United Nations loving passion for all and a desire to eradicate the said that, “conflict is often the result of the injustices people have inflicted upon one imbalance of power caused by power hungry another. I too share this passion however, in people, the lack of democracy and great their zeal to accomplish this, I believe that some poverty.” The Bible agrees with the United bishops view scripture in a less authoritative light Nations that greed and the desire for power than I do. I strip myself of authority if I am filled are significant contributors to war. The bible with the fear of man and become an Ambassador talks about using 10% of our wealth to care for of culture rather than an Ambassador of Christ. I widows and orphans, strangers and refugees. strip myself of authority when I doubt that the The problem is that rather than care for others, Holy Spirit inspired the Bible to be completely we are often motivated by selfishness, the trustworthy as a guide to salvation and the life of desire for possessions, power and control. Even faith. As a Bishop, I strip myself of authority when Jesus’ first disciples sought power, position and I view myself as chief Lord, rather than servant of prestige. Initially the disciples did not all. While I believe Bishops are called to resist understand Jesus’ Way. At the last supper false teachings, I also believe that only Jesus has Jesus said, “You call me Lord and I am Lord.” been appointed to be judge. We are called to be Then He washed their feet and said, “the one ministers of reconciliation, to forgive when who wants the highest position must serve all.” sinned against and to deny our own will, in I also shared that peace cannot be achieved or favour of God’s will. While scripture prevents me accomplished - it is a gift from God provided by from advocating for same sex marriages, I realise Jesus’ shed blood on the cross. Only Jesus the that the hatred, isolation and prejudices Prince Peace can bring us everlasting peace. experienced by so many people, due to how they To receive peace Jesus invites us to turn from identify themselves sexually, is both tragic and Satan’s kingdom and receive a new life in His heartbreaking. Scripture teaches me that Jesus kingdom. Our first act of Christian initiation is invites all to follow Him. Therefore, though I will to publicly renounce Satan, all evil powers of not support changing the National Church this world and our own self-will. Then we Marriage Canon, I will treat all who have bowed declare that we accept Jesus’ invitation to their knee to Jesus and confess Jesus as LORD follow him. Jesus says, “Come unto me, all ye God Almighty, as my brother or sister in Christ. that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give The identity, I believe God is calling us to is being you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of In Christ. me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” Matt 11:28-29

3 BISHOP MCCARTNEY’S MESSAGE The advent of another there were many, like me, who were very season is well on its much encouraged in our love and devotion way as I sit down to for our Lord and Saviour and His concern for write. This morning the world. one of the last two From the conference on vocation it was on to ships to visit the Council of the North meeting in Toronto. was starting to This was a much more challenging meeting as unload. Tugboats we looked at funding and grant distribution were moving back and for Dioceses in the council and their work in forth in the bay. It the north. The projected reality is that grant was a beautiful still morning with the ice funding will be cut to the council and so will starting to form at the high and low tide have a direct impact on money available for mark. ministry in remote communities. I have no I am back home after three weeks of shame in requesting that you give travelling and meetings. The recent trip consideration, by way of donations, to the started with a conference for vocations called council and so help us in the work that we are RADVO, Radical Vocations and was organized being called to. by Communion Partners and Gracious The last of the three weeks saw the diocesan Restraint, Gracious Restraint now also taking executive meet in for our annual the name Communion Partners. The intent face to face meeting. Technology has been a was to seek to encourage vocations to blessing for us in the north, as the executive ministry and to help give an idea as to how has been able to have other meetings that looks, in different contexts, in the 21st throughout the year using Zoom century. Conferencing. This has helped us as we seek Opening speakers included the Archbishop of to respond to the practical business of the Canterbury Justin Welby, Stanley Hauerwas, Diocese. Duke Divinity School, Oliver O’Donovan One development that came out of our University of Edinburgh, Ephrim Radner recent face to face meeting in Yellowknife Wycliffe College and N.T. Wright University of was the acceptance of a feasibility study I had St Andrews, Scotland. Presentations by some been tasked with, to look at filling the two nine other speakers, one of them being Revd current Suffragan Bishops’ posts that have Joey Royal, director of the Arthur Turner remained vacant these last number of years. Training School, who spoke of the work of a As well as those two positions there will be minister in the Arctic. I was very encouraged another vacant, as I have indicated that I will to hear how well people engaged with his be stepping down from my current presentation. responsibilities as in the I believe those attending were 150+ younger Diocese of the Arctic. I would very much like people who were at some point in a to request your prayers as we make discernment process. They were challenged arrangements for our upcoming synod and and encouraged to consider how and where election in the spring. God may be leading them. Different I would very much like to thank the folks at theological colleges were available to help Holy Trinity, Yellowknife for their warm individuals see what kind of training was on welcome and hospitality and to the Reverend offer; as were a large number of young and Bryan Haigh for the invitation to preach on slightly older clergy to share something of Daniel. It was a joy to be able to look at what, their experiences. All in all some 500 people for many of us, is a familiar story. It is my attending the conference and I am sure that hope that together we were encouraged to

4 be faithful to our Lord in spite of the have met in 50 years. It was good to be pressures and challenges for us to among many who shared a similar compromise on living out our faith in the appreciation of the place of Holy Scripture wider society. within the life of the Church. It was good to 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably feel that I was not a minority and to be able more than all we ask or imagine, according to to openly reference Holy Scripture and not his power that is at work within us, 21 to him feel threatened. It was good to hear from be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus many from across the communion of the throughout all generations, for ever and ever! transforming power of the Gospel in people’s lives. It was difficult to hear of the many faces of persecution around the world and closer to home. I had no desire to go on many of the organised trips to the sacred sites but rather to go on my own to visit the Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I am not sure why but I found myself visiting these places on a number of occasions over the course of the week; perhaps it was witnessing the faith and devotion of those who came to these sites, which was very humbling and moving. It was wonderful to connect with many friends from across the communion and a particular blessing to be able to accompany +Bill Love, Diocese of Albany in the Episcopal Church of America to the Church of the Holy Amen. Ephesians 3:20 Sepuchre and to the supposed site of the When I was 19yrs old I had the privilege of crucifixion. I will cherish these moments for visiting the Holy Land. I still have my many years to come. Franciscan Prayer Book with many reflections written in the margins. Twenty five years later, in June of 2018, I had the privilege of being able to return to Jerusalem. I and a number of other bishops in the Anglican Church of Canada had received invitations to the Global Anglican Future Conference that was to take place in Jerusalem. I arrived a couple of days early and had the privilege of worshiping in St George’s Cathedral and it was nice to be welcomed to Jerusalem by Bishop Suheil Dawani, Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem. Bishop Suheil Dawani would later bring greetings to the conference and was most gracious. I was very encouraged to be amongst the largest international gathering of Anglicans to

5 From the Executive Officer By: Ryan Peters September 2018 saw our annual face-to-face meeting of our Diocesan Executive Committee taking place in Yellowknife, . All other Executive Committee meetings are held by means of video conferencing. Back row: Rev Joey Royal (non-exec member); Amongst others we had on the agenda Rev Bryan Haigh; Bishop David Parsons; Rev Methusalah Kunuk; Rev Victor Johnson (non- approval of our 2019 budget, approval of our exec member); Bishop Darren McCartney. 2017 Audited Financial Statements, our 2019 Front Row: Lucy Young; Rev Lucy Netser; Delilah Diocesan Synod and the appointment of Doak (non-exec member) ; Rev Caleb Sangoya Suffragan Bishops. (non-exec member); Mabel Brown; Rev David It still remains a challenge to produce an operational budget that reflects the current Yellowknife. Do keep us in your prayers as we reality whilst putting faith in action that God prepare for this gathering. will provide. Our budget has items that have “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is confirmed funding, funding that are almost given.” (Isaiah9:6) As we find ourselves within certain to be received and what I would refer less than thirty days to December, we find to as faith-based funding. the celebrations of Christmas on our minds. The past has revealed how God provides for May this Christmas season be one of grateful ministry in our Diocese through the generous reflection and commemoration of the human giving of individual donors and organizations birth of the Mediator between God and across Canada and the rest of the world. humanity, the man Christ Jesus. These generous giving is what, according to me, can be classified as faith-based funding. PWRDF Report When looking at a map of our Diocese one By: Matilda Nakalook would be quick to see how vast our Diocese is. For years our two current bishops have I would like to update on being away for weeks at a time as they what has been happening travelled and visited our parishes. This, along lately with PWRDF. I with their commitments outside of the traveled to Toronto at the Diocese has made us to decide on a better end of September to attend way of serving and ministering within our the national meeting with Diocese. After prayerful deliberations and PWRDF. In the last two assessments, the Executive Committee years I have been trying to approved the appointment of Suffragan focus on what, and if they (assisting) Bishops for the Diocese of The are able to support students who go to school Arctic. Do pray for this process and for those without eating lunch in and directly involved. with Lunch Programs. So far, Judith Moses As per our Canons we have our Diocesan did a presentation asking for feedback, Synod every three years. Next March 2019 suggestions and/or ideas of what our our Synod will be taking in place in priorities should be, if PWRDF were to

6 support Canadian Indigenous Communities. I liberalism in the Canadian and American did present it to the Executive Committee churches, and the accompanying revisionist during the time they were here in Yellowknife attitudes around marriage and sexuality. for their meeting and also emailed it to the Nonetheless, the tone was unabashedly clergy, and Parish Representatives. hopeful, because the Church belongs to Jesus I am still seeking for Parish Representatives Christ and not to us (which was a point that from every community. I recently got two, came up again and again). one from Pond Inlet & one from Yellowknife. The conference was attended by the If anyone would be interested in being a Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Parish Representative for PWRDF (Primate’s the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, World Relief & Development Fund), please Michael Curry, who respectively preached inform me with the name and contact and officiated at the opening service. The information and would like to remind you Secretary General of the Anglican that we would not expect a lot out of you, Communion, Josiah Idowu-Fearon, spoke at mainly for now would be to just update the the closing service. The keynote speakers congregation on what is going on. Christine were all prominent Anglican theologians: Hills from PWRDF can also be contacted. Stanley Hauerwas, Oliver O’Donovan, Judith’s presentation was very interesting, I Ephraim Radner and N.T. Wright. Also in am hoping we will be able to find a Strategic attendance were the Communion Partner Plan as a team in indigenous communities to bishops, including Bishop Darren McCartney see something happen in the North and/or in from the Arctic. indigenous communities. I have copy of In between the keynote sessions workshops STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKING GROUP were offered by younger scholars and 2019-2024 STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE, if ministers within the Anglican Communion. As anyone would like a copy of it. I would like to I am the Director of the Arthur Turner add that PWRDF had it’s 60 Years Anniversary Training School, I also gave a workshop on on October 23. You can go on our website if “Obedience as Adventure”, teaching that you’d like to see ‘60 Stories for 60 Years’ obeying God’s call opens up a life of risk,

video, pwrdf.org uncertainty and grace, a life which you could not have otherwise chosen. My wife Jennifer “Radical Vocations” Conference and I shared about the joys and challenges of By: Rev Joey Royal ministry in the Arctic, as well as the realities of navigating the realities of marriage and From September 20-22, a conference on the family in the context of ordained ministry. Anglican priesthood was held at the Church There were many questions from the of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas. The intent audience, and many more private of this gathering was to both to encourage conversations with people afterword. and to inspire – to encourage people who are It was, all said, a very encouraging and already in ordained ministry, and to inspire inspiring conference. May it contribute to people who are considering whether or not raising up a new generation of ministers they are called to be. The vision of willing to follow Jesus Christ wherever he put forth was orthodox and leads, and who uphold the truth of God amid global, upholding the Church’s historic the confusions of our present age. scriptural beliefs, and global in seeing beyond North America to the energy and vitality of Please Pray For Those Considering churches in other nations, particularly the A Vocation In Arctic global south. Many who attended were dismayed at the prevalence of theological Ministry

7 Cranmer Hall Silver Jubilee Stockport, another Cranmer Hall graduate and the first Woman Bishop in the Church of By Bishop (ret) Christopher Williams England. Whilst looking around the college I was reminded of my first visit there in the Spring of 1958. I had been sent there for an interview to see if they would accept me as an ordination candidate. When I arrived in the morning I was told that the Principal was away for the day and would not be back until the evening. The Chaplain, at a loss as to what to do with me in the meantime opened the door of the Common Room where one student was there, reading a paper. I was turned over to him with the instruction to look after me for the day, bring me to supper and the Principal would see me after supper. I went back with this student, Reg Harper, to his room. I was looking at things there and I saw a small ceramic igloo and asked what in some ways was either the stupidest or the most life changing question of my life. “What’s this?” Reg told me that when he was ordained he was going to work with the Eskimos in the Diocese of The Arctic in Canada. He never At the end of September I spent two weeks in did, because his fiancé had health problems, Britain. I did quite a bit of travelling and was but the seed was sown! I like to think I able to spend time with a number of relatives inherited his ambition, I was to be Elisha to his and friends. However my main reason for Elijah and his mantel fell on me. At any rate I the trip was to attend a Diamond Jubilee (60 think that two years later God sought a place years) celebration on September 29th of the for me where I could do as little damage as establishing of Cranmer Hall in the University possible and sent me to the Arctic instead of of Durham. Cranmer Hall was where I Reg. Had the Principal been in college that studied for ordination and I was a part of the morning; had I not been passed on to the first class in 1958. Since its beginning as a Chaplain; had there been anyone else but Reg place for Men to study theology, Cranmer has in the common room, who knows if I would be become, firstly a place for both Men and writing this article today!! This was just one Women to study for ordination in the Church step on the road God was leading me at that of England, but also a place for future time. God’s ways are sometimes beyond our ministers in the Methodist church to study as understanding, especially at the time; His plan well. There was an inspiring service in the only reveals itself as the days and years pass. magnificent Durham Cathedral which dates But his plans are wonderful. back to the tenth century, followed by a Why CRANMER Hall? Thomas Cranmer, luncheon in the college. Over lunch there Archbishop of Canterbury during the 16th was a video message of greeting from the century, was the principal creator of the Book Archbishop of Canterbury, who is a graduate of Common Prayer (BCP) which established of the college, although many years after me. the Anglican Church as a truly evangelical, I also met Bishop Libby Lane, the Bishop of Bible centered church, holding faithfully to the 8 teachings of Jesus even today when we are in Bishop Darren Gives The Blessing danger of straying from the path of truth. I am so grateful for the teaching I received there which has been the foundation of my ministry for the last 60 years. I thank God for those who taught me at that time and for those who still teach the Gospel today. I commit the College, its teachers and its

students to your prayers. News From St. Jude’s Parish By: the Rev. Methuselah Kunuk were not able to come because of strong winds. Bishop Darren, Reverend Joey Royal and Dean Jonas Alloolloo shared from the Scriptures. We also had other activities such as fishing, cooking and eating together. We had fun, and we are hoping to do it again next year Parish Hall In September we entered into an agreement to rent our Parish Hall to the Tukisigiarvik Society. The Society provides works to help with education, employment, counseling, and cultural skills. Two of our parish lay readers work as counselors for the Singing a Hymn Together Tukisigiarvik Society. Our agreement states that the Society will pay all operating costs Here are some notable events that happened plus a substantial monthly rent to the parish in our Cathedral Parish in Iqaluit. for up to one year until their new building is Bible Camp ready. Although the parish will have reduced In July we had a Bible camp on the land across access to the hall during this time, we support from Iqaluit. We traveled there by boat and the work of the Society and will benefit camped in tents. We had a good time sharing, financially from the rental agreement. reading Scriptures, and singing hymns. Our Building Committee. Bible camp ran for three days. More people Our Building Committee has been very busy planned to join us on the second day, but they this summer, doing inspections on the Cathedral and our other buildings. The Two boats and a tent at the camp site. committee met again recently to review all inspection reports and to prioritize what repairs are required before the winter. Otherwise all our buildings are in fairly good shape. Youth Ministry Reverend Martha Kunuk has a youth ministry here in Iqaluit starting in September. There have been about 8 young people attending in the first two gatherings. We pray that it will grow over time. The Arctic Hope Project by Bill

9 Prankard Evangelistic Association came to Methusalah Kunuk and my family for all their Iqaluit and met in our Cathedral September support during my training and supporting me 21-23. They brought in leaders from 14 or 15 into deaconship and thereon. God has had communities, and young people from other blessed me in so many ways that I cannot communities in our region also attended. The express by words alone. main goal of the conference was to bring During this two-year training I took time off together youth leaders from around Nunavut from my work and I am now back at work. I

to discuss youth ministry, share ideas, and work with Inuit Language Act, I now volunteer work together to reach youth in Nunavut help lead in our church with St. Jude’s with a message of hope. The conference was Cathedral here in Iqaluit and on occasion with attended by leaders from the Pentecostal St. Simon’s Church down in Apex. Church, Christian Fellowship Church and Since my ordination I have partaken in helping Anglican Church. There were many good lead and take part in our church services in speakers, including the Superintendent of the baptisms, burials, communions, sing and praise Pentecostal Church for and Nunavut. and regular services. I also have participated a On last day on Sunday, we were in Cathedral portion of Youth Leadership Training in from 7pm to about 10:30pm working Yellowknife in September. I had to return together and praying for young and old. The home early because of unforeseen attendance that night was 257 people. The circumstances but upon returning I was Holy Spirit was present as we all agreed to fortunate to attend the youth conference with help our young people. Nunavut wide delegation that was a huge benefit and success. New Ministry Report It has been a blessing for me taking on new By: Rev Martha Kunuk roles within our church. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage anyone who may I attended 2016-2018 ATTS have an interest in help volunteer in their local in Iqaluit, Nunavut and churches, please don’t let anything stop you graduated and was from getting involved in your churches. Like it ordained June 2018. Taking says in the bible let us continue to encourage this training has had a one another and help make a difference but great impact on me and my not just onto others but most importantly family. It has been a great within ourselves by helping build up with each blessing. I learned so much other by the grace of God. during this training and After ordination I focused on starting the youth was a blessing to have met so many group as when I was young a big part of my wonderful wise and talented people in Christian growth came from taking part in ministry around the world. Our class was Youth attending Arctic Hope gather around with fortunate to have had Rev. Joey Royal teach worship leader Braden Scharfenberg. us, he gave so much commitment in delivering the teaching materials. Of all the trainings and courses, I’ve taken in my lifetime, this one has been the most exciting life changing experience in every way possible. I still feel privileged that I got to learn with one of the most interesting people and got to know so closely both the instructor, students and all the invited guests. I thank my wonderful husband Rev. 10 youth group called Northern Lights. Our Baker Lake News church did not have a youth group for quite By Rev. David Simailak some time therefore I wanted help rekindle and help restart a youth group. I have great expectations that the good Lord will bring This has been one busy summer when one is forth his youth that will take over some time supposed to spend time on the land or down the road. We started youth group boating!! services in September and we now have a new In addition to regular Sunday services St member help lead and there have been youth Aidan's has handled 12 funeral services so far showing interests to take on with musical this year, including my 86 year old Mom in instruments and we are expecting some new July. A local business helped us tremendously guitars that were donated to the youth group. with financial support to bring in cousin As a youth and into my adulthood I’ve always Thomas and his wife from Arviat. His brother wanted to learn further about the bible in followed a couple days later. They make up depth and that is why I mainly took the ATTS the Arviat Bluegrass Band. After Mom's training to basically learn more in-depth about funeral it was bluegrass gospel music every the bible. I believe there are people out there evening in the church!! like me, who want to learn more about the Most surprising part was young people bible therefore, I have another passion to help joining in on their own with ukeleles and towards Bible Studying I also started the banjo!!! Inuktitut Ladies Bible Study nights as there is Like Psalm 30: 11,12 I never had time to already one for Inuktitut Men’s Bible Study mourn Mom!! Praise God!!! and English Ladies Bible Study but the new August was another wonderful blessing. Inuktitut Ladies Bible Study might possibly Aaron Solberg of Germany spent August with combine with the English Ladies Bible Study us in study, music almost every evening, group some time. healthy discussions, all in the midst of his Over the summer I also became a new caucus university studies long distance. member with Anglican Council of Indigenous Again it was joyous music and singing. Youth Peoples representing the Arctic of Rupert’s coming out to join in!! Even a couple Land and will be traveling shortly to attend my evenings were of live gospel music in the first meeting with them. I look forward in Community Centre!! taking part another new challenge. Sunday School is back in full swing for the Please pray for our community and territory winter. Daisy has retired after many years of with the many challenges our community and assisting her late mother and then naturally

territory face. taking over when her mother, Vera Avaala, became a Lay Leader. Daisy's two assistants last year, Janice Simailak and Christina Aupaluktuq have taken over. Bertha Mannik has begun Youth ministry again. The inside of the church was all washed by Rev'd Jean's team of women. And now completely painted by Joe and his team of able youth. Barbi Paterson and Philip Putumiraqtuq are taking over the organ. Amazing how different the hymns sound when played as per music sheets!!! An amazing summer of blessings!! Part of the Arctic delegation at Sacred Circle

11 Fort Smith News 6 Lay Leaders. One of the Lay Leaders, Kelsey Smith, has just started leading the Sunday By Ruth Harold Lay Leader. School instead of taking the services as we Sheila Nielsen and Deana Lemke from “On have several children in church now on a Eagle’s Wings Ecumenical Ministries”, held regular basis and felt that this was needed for a Bible Camp in the Senior’s Room in the the children.

Recreation Centre in Fort Smith from September 15th to 18th. It was held on How Hard Can It Be Saturday and Sunday afternoons and Monday By Garth Eggenberger and Tuesday after school. A total of 12 children attended, with the most on a given It is funny how you can get called to serve day of 7. The theme for the camp was DANCE the Lord. Often you are not aware of (Disciples Are New Creations Everyday). God’s calling. I was in the rector’s office The children especially enjoyed the crafts each with the Lay Leader and the visiting day, such as decorating their tote bags and pastor who was going to give the sermon. making sheep headbands. They loved acting We were waiting for our celebrant to out the Bible story, especially when they got to be sheep. Each day, the children looked arrive, and I was getting worried. forward to the puppet show which reinforced I began to get more and more uneasy. I the lessons. Other activities included singing, had better phone him. No answer. Little games, memory verses and snack. The more time, became my mantra. Again, I highlights for Sheila and Deana were getting to tried. Desperation is setting in. Now who know the children, their parents and other is going to lead the service? Happily, I people in the community, as well as taking look at the Lay Leader who immediately part in some community activities such as and firmly informs me that she has not church, the fall supper and the museum. They been doing it long enough to be able to would like to thank everyone for their lead a service. How hard can it be to lead hospitality and participation. the service, thought I. The Morning We have been without a priest since December 31, 2017 but the Lay Leaders have Prayer, that I began, started off very well been carrying on services and endeavouring to and on a positive note. Next came the do some outreach in the community. parish prayer and (dear Lord) my mind We have had Rev. Francis Delaplain from Hay was a total blank. Then the heckling River here twice now to take services and offer began. What YOU don’t remember the us communion. Rev. Bryan Haigh from parish prayer??? Oh right, we always read Yellowknife has come once to take a service it from the bulletin or the screen. Well, and offer communion. At the end of July, after the service the hecklers took it upon Bishop from the Diocese of themselves to put it the front cover of the Caledonia (our former priest), also took a Songs of Fellowship booklet. Okay, one service for us and gave us communion when problem taken care of now I just had to he was here visiting his family. On November 25th we hope to have Rt. Rev. Chris Williams get more Lay Leaders. from Yellowknife come to do 2 baptisms for us The next day the Lay Leader, who had and licence a new Lay Leader, George Hustler. been called into work, took me for coffee At the same service we plan to welcome Mark (the least I thought he should do). We McGuire as a Lay Leader. Mark has been a Lay discussed the needs of our church, more Leader for many years in Alberta and has just Lay Leaders; more involvement; more moved to Fort Smith. This will give us a total of input and more help from our 12 congregation. We decided to focus on more Jesus Christ with the help of the Holy Spirit. I Lay Leaders. We talked about how to go ask you- the readers to join us in bible study about getting training, as our minister was and Lay Leader (Lay Reader) training. The first out of town, we decided to contact Bishop step is always the hardest one; the next one David. We needed training and lessons in is easer and by the third step you are saying that was not so hard. We all grow when we confidence. He agreed to give a group of us challenge ourselves, the nerve-shaking some training but it needed to be a group feeling slowly dissipates and everyone is very of people less than ten. I started searching supportive and encouraging .The harshest the congregation asking who would like to critic is perhaps yourself as you seek to do take the training to be a Lay Leader. To my better in your ministries. surprise, everyone I asked agreed to join us. There is a tremendous need, in the north, for The Lay Leader training took place at people to step up and help in the church with Bishop David’s home, three times a week, youth ministries. As well as giving the over the next couple of weeks. There were Ministers and Lay Readers a break every so discussions on the duties during the service often. Quite often we hear “I am not ready to and the responsibilities one had. How to do that” the reality is that you are ready, now prepare the table for communion, the is the time. It is time to spread the gospel to order to light the candle. How to prepare those who want to hear it. One of the most the service down to making sure there was encouraging sight I saw was two people toilet paper in the bathrooms, and that sitting in a restaurant with a bible talking there would be coffee ready for fellowship about the passages they were reading. The after the service. We reviewed the duties and Bible is to be read and shared. This cannot be responsibilities of the vestry and the wardens. done if it is sitting on your book shelf or table. The biggest amount of time was spent Have it with you in your purse or backpack or discussing bible studies for our families as well in your truck. May the Holy Spirit bring as home based studies for small groups. The people into your lives to share the word of training was not what I expected. But after God. All Blessings!! taking part, I noticed that all the new Lay Leaders were growing in self-assurance, belief, A Journey Of Faith To and faith. They were starting to show their strengths in ministries. A New Ministry When Bishop David had to go out of town, we By Rev Bryan Haigh continued to meet, at the Church, where we went over the order of service for the Morning It’s been almost three years since Michelle, Prayer and Holy Communion in both the Book Nathan and I arrived in Yellowknife, Northwest of Alternative Service and the Book of Common Territories in . We arrived Prayer. As we were going through the Book of here having been appointed as Rector of Holy Common Prayer near the back of the book we Trinity Anglican Church in the Diocese of the came across the Articles of Religion. This came Arctic. Having lived our whole lives in South as great revelation, to most of us, as we had Africa and serving the Lord in ministry there, not heard of them before. After reading and Yellowknife is certainly very different! discussing them, I realized that they were the How did we end up here? We had been foundation we are continuing to build our faith considering gaining some international on. The writers of the book certainly used experience in ministry and had been speaking scripture as they wrote the articles. to Bishops in a number of countries where we I continue on my journey seeking God thought had friends or family and we were praying that

13 delight to be able to lead this parish and we thank God for placing us here. The Lord has opened some tremendous ministry opportunities for us, here are some highlights.

We have been able to introduce an Explore course which invites people to study the Scriptures to grow in their understanding of their relationship with the Lord. The Explore course has been popular and those who have attended have shared how much they have appreciated it and how they have grown in their faith through it. So far, we have studied Explore the Bible, which is an overview of the according to God’s will, doors would open or entire canon of Scripture and the overall close as he saw fit. At the time we thought themes of God’s plan of salvation in Jesus that it would be wonderful to be close to our Christ. Following on from that, we have family in England or Ireland, perhaps near studied Explore the life of Jesus looking other family in Australia. Never did we think or specifically at the gospels considering the life, even consider that the Lord would lead us to ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus. Canada, let alone the Arctic Diocese! Having completed the gospels, we turned to However, having been through a rigorous and Explore the work of the apostles, looking at thoroughly encouraging interview process, we the book of Acts. Once we have completed received the call from Bishop David to invite this study, we will move on to Explore the us to take up this opportunity. With it being world’s Creator and many other fascinating such a significant move we committed topics which will enable us to grow spiritually. ourselves to prayer and in due course I firmly believe in teaching and training God’s accepted the appointment and put plans in people to be able to read and understand Holy place to relocate to Yellowknife. Scripture for themselves and in so doing to An international move brings with it some grow in their faith and in their desire to see challenges, not least of which was others grow too. The Lord calls us to teach immigration. Thanks to some help from sound doctrine. This is how we train parents people “in the know” we were able to submit to love their children and teach them about all our papers to gain entry visas into Canada. Jesus, this is how we train church leaders to Once we arrived we had to keep track of lead in a godly way, this is how we equip everything and fulfil various criteria in order to Christians to serve God in their community gain permanent residence. We fulfilled our and love their neighbours and we see this medical examinations, our English proficiency happening in our church and for that we are tests and all other requirements and have now truly thankful to the Lord. gained the status of being permanent Holy Trinity is a parish firmly grounded in the residents in Canada. We thank God for this Anglican faith and we therefore seek to relief as it allows us to continue life and develop this so that we will be a church that is ministry without the stress and anxiety of faithful to the doctrines of Anglicanism while immigration concerns. faithfully serving and reaching our city for We have found Holy Trinity to be a very loving, Christ. We have adopted the motto of being welcoming and friendly church. It’s a parish in “inwardly strong and outwardly focused” and a city of roughly twenty thousand people and to continue as such we like to emphasise a mix we arrived to find a stable church offering of traditional, contemporary and family wonderful opportunity for leadership, services and aim to have strong liturgy, direction and ministry. It has been a joy and uplifting music, fervent and faithful preaching

14 and a thriving children’s ministry. We believe request for pastoral care. With the new in the priesthood of all believers and therefore hospital being built it remains to be seen how offer many opportunities for our people to get this will change the current demands. It would involved and serve in a variety of ministries. be wonderful to have a full-time hospital We believe in encouraging folk to use their chaplain and this is something about which we spiritual gifts for the growth and development are praying. of the ministry and for the glory of God. To With such a geographically vast Diocese we encourage a more contemporary style of are not often able to connect with other liturgical worship we installed a projection parishes due to distance and costs which are system which has enhanced the flow and exorbitant. However, as a family we recently corporate nature of our services and recently had opportunity to visit parishes in Hay River began broadcasting our services live on and in Fort Simpson. I also had the privilege of Facebook through our Holy Trinity Yellowknife visiting Fort Smith earlier this year and a Facebook page. This ministry has been a couple of visits to Iqaluit as well. We have blessing and we frequently receive messages enjoyed meeting and serving God’s people in from all over the world thanking us and other communities and learning as much as encouraging us for making these services we can about the different people in different available. parts of the Diocese. We find it fascinating to The Stanton Territorial hospital offers an learn of different traditions, people groups opportunity for pastoral ministry, prayer and and languages all being united together by outreach which at times is overwhelming in its faith in Jesus Christ and having an insatiable demands, and yet still gives us an opportunity desire to serve Him. I am grateful for the to love those suffering medical affliction. clergy who I have been able to meet and build Many people from northern communities relationships with personally, but also for come to Yellowknife to receive medical care those who I have met through social media. I and this affords us an opportunity to share believe we can all offer each other edification Christ with them through encouragement and through prayer and the sharing of resources prayer. Lay readers and retired clergy often and it is my hope to build up this aspect of life assist in this ministry and their willingness is a and ministry in the north. great blessing as we seek to meet every We are delighted to be here and to commit ourselves to the Lord in this ministry. It is our prayer that the Lord will see fit to pour out his blessing on our parish and Diocese as we seek to honour him in all that we do. There are many challenges and in some cases minimal resources, but God has not and will not fail his people and his mission, and in this we take great courage and comfort.

Rev Bryan and Holy Trinity prayer partner Rev. Vic Hodge

Children’s Talk

15 Youth Ministry in Yellowknife divine appointment. I told him that in the early 1990’s I was By Rev. Jon Davis offered a position over the phone, to come to Yellowknife to do youth ministry. I declined the offer. (My wife thinks central Florida is cold) Yet, I was always intrigued by this frigid land to the north. As Bishop David and I talked I heard his passion for young people, for them to know Jesus and come to faith in Christ and be discipled and raised up to lead. I had formerly been the Canon for Youth in the Diocese of Central Florida and in that moment I offered to help. That led to working with Deanna Fillion after she was hired as the Diocesan Youth Coordinator and eventually bringing a team of leaders to Yellowknife for a Youth Ministry School and my subsequent recent return to I have been teaching for well over thirty years. teach and lead another course in youth I’ve taught in seminaries, colleges, ministry. conferences, various ministry and leadership Youth ministry has its challenges. Young schools and throughout the church. Some people are looking for identity; to understand people were taking the class because it was who they are and what is their purpose. In required for their degree. Others took courses reality we all are looking for this but it is because of a specific interest. Some students critical in this season of life as so much of came with a passion to learn and to dig deep what happens in a person’s teens and early into the ways of God and to understand His twenties will determine the trajectory for the Kingdom and purposes for the world. rest of their life. They want to know about all In my journeys to teach a youth ministry that life is and will bring. They also want to school for The Diocese of the Arctic I have belong, to be a part of a community. seen passionate students. Primarily teaching We are in the most connected generation the to the Inuit, first nation people group, I world has ever seen. We can immediately witnessed in them a hunger for God, to know connect with people around the world at Him and to be equipped to serve Him. Sadly minimal cost because of the smartphone we this is not always the case but in both youth carry. We have a technology that will allow ministry schools (March 2016 / September us to access news and information, give me 2018) I was with a group of people who were directions, purchase a product, entertain me eager to learn about mission, ministry, the and connect me to a global community. We scriptures, evangelism, and discipleship. live in a world of screenagers! (More than This all came about because of a connection. likely a number of us qualify for that moniker) In the Spring of 2015, while serving as the Sadly smartphone and social media addiction Executive Director of Canterbury Retreat and is a real issue. The saddest aspect is this; with Conference Center in Oviedo, Florida USA, I all this technology at our fingertips we live in had the privilege to meet Bishop David the most isolated and lonely world. People Parsons. As we struck up a conversation we exchange a virtual life for a real, authentic immediately had many points of connection and meaningful life. Like Esau, they sell their and it is what I have come to believe was a human destiny and inheritance for a food

16 we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. Do you hear it? Yes there is needed information and data, we shared with you the Gospel but we also shared our lives. This is the foundation of the Youth Ministry School. There are a lot of best-practices to be taught, models for ministry, building healthy, godly relationships with important and essential boundaries. We cover topics like evangelism, discipleship, prayer, scriptures, the church. But ultimately it is that will not satisfy. (Genesis 25:29-34) about relationships. I love to summarize the Rather than a virtual existence, Christ offers mission of the church in this way: Great us true meaning and purpose. He came. Commandment PLUS Great Commission That is the heart of the Gospel. Almighty, EQUALS a Great Church. That is we are to love Everlasting God clothed himself in humanity God with all we are, love our neighbors as and became one of us. John 1:14 from The Jesus has loved us; then as we are going, we Message says it this way… The Word became are to make disciples. flesh and blood, and moved into the Being with these schools and students have neighborhood. That is precisely what youth been a blessing. Being in the unfamiliar ministry is connecting with young people terrain of the Arctic has been a frontier where they live, allowing Jesus to work in us adventure. In many ways I see that as the and through us so He can be present with calling of the church. God places His people people. It is a principle of WITH-NESS. One in communities to be an outpost for His of the titles of Jesus is Emmanuel, meaning Kingdom. When people look at God’s people, God is with us! living their lives in community I hope and pray This incarnational ministry has been central they can glimpse the Kingdom of God and to youth ministry to decades. The para- what living under the rule and reign of Jesus is church ministry of Young Life in the states like and more than that people would desire expresses it this way; People don’t care how that life and give themselves to the King; Jesus much you know until they know how much our Redeemer, Savior and Hope! you care. I look forward to returning to this adventure The heart of the Gospel could be summed up to walk with the saints in the North and to see in this idea, Your life matters to God. Jesus His Kingdom come and His will be done, as in heaven so on earth. lived this and we witness it in the Gospels, people mattered to Jesus. Here are just a few of the people named or described that mattered to Jesus; Nicodemus, The Woman at the Well, Zacheus, Jairus, Mary and Martha and Lazarus, the Rich Young Ruler, the lame, the sick, the blind and the list could go on. This principle is not isolated to youth ministry. If we are to be salt and light in the world we do so by connecting and being WITH people. That is how the gospel is proclaimed. Paul writes to the church in Thessalonica… so we cared for you. Because

17 Youth Leaders Retreat To Fish Lake What A Day !

him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.” 1 John 3:24. It was out at Trappers Lake Retreat TEC 2 2018 In Yellowknife By Deanna Fillion

Center (11 km out of Yellowknife), provided by the generosity of the Mackenzie-Fort Smith Catholic Diocese. We had 47 people involved in TEC including our 13 youth. Yes, you read God was amazing! God provided in that correctly, we had 13 youth! God is so spectacular ways. Teens Encounter Christ remarkable! Two from Taloyoak, NU, 2 from (TEC) 2018 was September 1st -3rd, 2018. The Behchoko, NT and 9 from Yellowknife, NT. We theme was ABIDE “Whoever keeps his had 2 Inuit youth and 2 Tlicho youth. Each commandments abides in God, and God in youth encountered Jesus. There were two

18 that accepted Christ for the first time, and the shop team for clean-up and set up, and on the 11 others made a choice to be serious in prayer team praying over youth talk speakers, following Him, choosing to seek Him and worship leaders and all other volunteer become obedient to Him. There were 3 leaders. We also had table leaders, worship volunteer leaders who came to Christ for the team members and our talk speakers. Over all first time and the rest of the volunteer we had an amazing team serving from four leaders encountered Christ on a deeper level. churches in Yellowknife: Holy Trinity, Alliance, This TEC weekend was awesome, and all glory Church of Christ and Calvary Community. goes to the Lord. This was all His doing. Thank you for your support, prayers and

The goal of Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) is to provide a safe, non-judgmental place where encouragement. Please continue to pray for young people ages 16-21 can take time from these 13 youth! May they seek first the the pressures of the outside world to think Kingdom of God, trust in His Word, Abide in about and maybe decide where Jesus fits into Him, and be obedient to the Holy Spirit’s their lives. The weekend is filled with talks, guidance! We plan to hold our third TEC worship times, and open space for reflection. weekend youth retreat in the summer of The prayer and desire are that each teen will 2019 at Trappers Lake Retreat Centre in encounter the living Jesus during his/her TEC Yellowknife. weekend. And they each youth that attended and volunteer leader surely did. We had volunteer leaders to serve over the Please Pray For Our Youth weekend in different capacities. There were Leaders And Their Youth volunteer leaders serving in the background on the kitchen team for meal prep, on the Ministry Across The North

19 New Ministry In Salluit By Rev. Annie Keenainak. My name is Ann Martha Keenainak. I was born in Pangnirtung, Nunavut. I am a single mother of a 22 years old daughter Avery, 20 years old son Kole and youngest daughter Jenelle. By the grace of God my two older children, my oldest daughter Avery is now residing in Iqaluit, working and travelling with her work, my only son Kole, who resides in Taloyoak and is working, living with his father. My youngest daughter Jenelle and I moved to Salluit, for my first placement . How did the training affect your thoughts on ministry? Things that you have learned while attending ATTS? I can say I had my own personal agenda (laugh at myself). I honestly had been curious of studying the bible from when I was young, Rev. Annie and Daughter Jenelle wanting to know and understand where, who working together and also having to work and how this God of ours is, as I had been individually. Being taught of serving within a growing up with hearing of Him. When I say I church of giving sermons, the sacraments, had my own agenda, my mentality was that I serving within the community and more. We am just going to study the bible, finish my also had guests come into our classes helped two years and do my own thing again after. prepare mentally of having our own parish Boy was I wrong (laugh at myself again). The and what to be prepared for and to put into training helped me to better understand the good practices as a minister. We also had bible. The Old Testament and the New guests teach with counselling sessions which Testament. Helped me to better understand also helped us and learning to counsel and the closer relationship I have with Our also with self-care as a minister. To try and Creator, that He is so much closer than I had sum up all of what we had covered within the presumed Him to be. There was so much two years, personally, for myself, it felt like that we had gone through personally, two years was too short and that we had only spiritually, mentally and emotionally that I been given the tip of the iceberg. God had can’t say them all, but we went through them completely changed my heart from being individually and also as a group, growing in selfish to selfless and wanting to help serve relationship of sisters and brothers. We were Him in helping people understand the new disciples in the making, with a very small relationship He all longs for with all of His inkling idea of what we had coming before us. children. To have me want to help spread the We knew we wanted to study. But my good gospel of the good news. That we all have Lord, boy did we not know our socks were to different gifts and He aims to use all His be blown off countless times, having us fall resources to help spread His word, how great, on our knees, humbling ourselves of the how small, how insignificant, how revelation that He would guide us too magnificent, that He’s love is immeasurable individually and as a group together. It and wants You. helped to strengthen our relationship 20 What has life been like since graduation and middle of transition and adjusting to our new since ordination? home. We were greatly welcomed into the community, God bless their souls and homes, Well, remember I said I had my own agenda? and having to learn the functions of the Well, graduation was April 29, and Ordination church and being a servant. There are was June 27. I still was in denial of my calling. challenges individually with learning new tools Teeter-tattering of do I really want this? and ropes, that I had only a small idea of being Feeling like Moses that I am slow of speech a servant, what I was oblivious too at school, and that I am not worthy enough. In reality the questions I asked myself and now being looking for any excuse not to. THEN, thanks answered within the placement. How much be to God, for the financial support we perseverance God pursues His children received throughout the north with the help individually and the concept of having to die of other parishes, we through fundraising had to oneself and rise again in Christ everyday the opportunity of a trip, there was 4 of us reminded again and again, to humble oneself from Iqaluit that went to Jerusalem with the deeper within for His greater glory, not mine. university of Tyndale with Professor Rebecca To spread the gospel is beautiful, with G. S. Idestrom and students, not just Tyndale challenges and difficulties because of our students but from other places too, bringing weakness, but to always put God first that He it to a number of about 30 students. Our is greater at our weaknesses as I cannot do instructor Joey Royal, Martha Kunuk, Esau this on my own. I am learning of being under Tatatuapik and myself part of the 30. With fire to refine me as a child of God, how much the help of the University of Holy Land, we are grinding within ourselves our Professor Ginger Caessens, we were there for challenges, and with others so that we can 3 weeks and that helped change my heart at sharpen our tools with the gifts we’ve been the Garden of Gethsemanes where Jesus use blessed with and unraveling also new ones I to sleep, rest, pray and was arrested before didn’t know I have or acknowledged. He He was crucified. The bible that I was only reminds me daily to understand that I cannot able to imagine came to life and helped me to do this on my own and need to depend on God understand more of the bible and the to help me through this, that we need unity in surroundings and help me to accept my the body of Christ and to lift each one another calling and accept to be ordained deacon. It to help our community. Only be it praise be to has been a life changing experience and still God. As I said, it has been a whirl wind of to today adapting to the change from regular lessons. Annie to a Reverend Annie. Share about the transitions that have been

What have you been up to over the past six happening and what you have learned? months? Transition. God placed in my heart a longing for Northern Quebec/Nunavik from when I was The past six months has been a whirl wind. a teenager, and here I thought it was my own Ordination happened. After ordination I wish, boy was I wrong. It felt like or I should spent time at home with family and friends, say I came home. This being my first time travelled too before coming to Salluit, coming to Salluit. It’s been different from the knowing after I came to Salluit I will be other communities I’ve lived in. Not to say farther from my family and friends and won’t they all are the same, but every community is be able to go to them as quickly as I was different. I am having to learn their language, previously able. After college I wanted to yes it is in Inuktitut and yes I am an Inuk, but take a break knowing it was a life time it’s a whole different dialect, every community changing move. Now settling in Salluit with is different to their own uniqueness and way of my youngest daughter Jenelle, we are in the their surroundings geographically adapted.

21 the same way God is. Reminds me of any school you go to, college, school, training, you get prepared as much as you can and taught all you can to be prepared, but when you get to what you were trained for and get out there and it’s different from what we were taught. I’ve had a lot of “they don’t teach you this stuff at school” moments. There are emotions, mental struggles, and personal challenges. I mean they did, but when you actually wet your feet. Wow. BUT, a huge but, I have to appreciate those as those are the ones that really stick to you and you learn Annie Surrounded By Friends At Her Ordination one on one with who you are as a child of God, what your lessons are and how much Different from what I grew up too. Having to God is working in you is amazing. How much learn and emerge myself in their dialect has its we need to humble ourselves and be patient challenges, as much as I would like to learn with His work, the dying to oneself and being quickly I have to be patient with myself, for renewed, the cutting of the old Annie and my daughter and also vice versa. What have I following the path that is available. That learned? So much in such a short time. I have narrow path is found only through Jesus and to be patient continuously and humble myself constant prayer. I accepted to be; a teacher continuously. That I have to bring myself out who spreads the gospel, a shepherd who of my comfort zone and push myself out there herds the sheep and wants the best for which I have avoided as long as before I came everyone. I will do this to the best of my to school and now working in a parish, it was ability, by the grace of God. always with family and friends but now it’s How is your family doing? How has the with family and friends in Christ. transition been affecting them? For those of you leading parishes now. what is My children are learning with my new calling. that like? Adapting, adjusting challenging, but we are Completely new to me. Amazing, wonderful, going through this together and that they challenging, trying, need patient with oneself aren’t alone. I’m alongside with them and I and having to again get out of your comfort am forever grateful for their support and love. zone and don’t be afraid to ask questions. But My older two children I know they are missing being completely new to this, I don’t know me as I am missing them. But they are adults what questions to ask, I am really wanting to now and are loving and supportive, that I do know what I am doing, but I can’t do it all at pray for their wellbeing as a mother. My once and that it takes time, effort, practice youngest daughter is adapting with me. New and repetition, seek ye first the Kingdom of to Salluit and this transitioning. Adjusting. I God. Because of the timing I wasn’t able to feel her and I am grateful I have her with me. I work with the previous reverend Victor am grateful we are not alone. Johnson. Feels like big shoes to fill in, as he What is it like in new communities? had been doing this for some time and me Wow, it’s a beautiful place, beautiful people, coming in new and clueless. Yes, we were beautiful language. It’s similar to my taught in school of the sacraments and what hometown Pangnirtung because of its land to do and not to do, but to be in a parish alone scape, it’s surrounded by mountains. About and to be new is intimidating. But I am always the same population as Pangnirtung. The vast humbled and shown how much the parish is amount of bountiful food that can be patient with me, humble and waiting. Just as harvested here is wonderful. It’s only been a

22 month and a half, so I’m JUST at the beginning. I look forward to seeing the different seasons of the year, the different celebrations and activities this place has to offer, what God will be teaching me here. God showing me the richness of the land that He has for His people here. They are blessed. Being a Baffin islander, I am use to my surroundings and communities, and moving to the mainland and now I have to learn my surroundings and the communities and the different dialects they have too . It’s beautiful and challenging at the same time. I thank God for this opportunity in my short life time here on earth and I pray that I will live to the fullest Colton Carricki with his parents where He has and will place me and that I do well with using all the gifts He’s blessed with been to the Arctic a couple of times and really me to the fullest. liked it. I also said that I was in seminary and What are your prayer requests? had considered doing ministry in the North. That God’s love engulfs me and my children in Bp. Darren said something along the lines of, the transition, His favor and blessing be upon “Great! Maybe you could come up this us, adjust to our change and be protected by summer?” Well, at that point the seed was His guardian angels. For leaders and helpers planted, and after a few emails, it was within the church come forth and grow within decided that I would be heading to Iqaluit. the church. For guidance and mentoring Once in Iqaluit, I quickly realized that I wasn’t helpers to come forth for me and the church. in Ottawa anymore. If I wanted to meet For forgiveness and reconciliation in the body people, I would have to get out of the house of Christ within the community. For youth and start chatting. Within the first two days, I ministry to come alive. For good soil and met the only people in Nunavut that I knew. softening of hearts and the foundation be A family that my family had spent some time made strong for long term standing servants with while in Qikiqtarjuaq. It seemed to be of His people within the church to train from generation to generation with healthy serving more than a coincidence, so I thanked the for the people of Salluit. Lord for His kindness. The Lord led me into many more conversations and friendships that I am thankful for. I quickly learned that if Summer Ministry Placement I stepped out the door I would meet Iqaluit By: Colton Carrick somebody that I knew, or I would be able to strike up a conversation with someone who I Usually I am a ministry intern at St. Peter & had yet to meet. Folks in Iqaluit seem to have St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Ottawa, Ontario; a lot more time for strangers, and they seem but this summer, I had the privilege and not to be in as much of a hurry. pleasure of spending six weeks in Iqaluit, I was also blessed immensely by some of the Nunavut doing a ministry placement at St. unique gifts of the North. I quite enjoy Jude’s Cathedral. I had not planned to spend fishing, so it was a lot of fun to go fishing in the summer up in the Arctic, but the Lord the Park when I could. I was also able to try intervened, and I met Bishop Darren some different kinds of country food, which McCartney one Sunday at church in Ottawa. was certainly a new experience, but a good Him and I got chatting. I let it slip that I had one! It also so happened, that I was able to 23 attend St. Jude’s first Bible Camp, which was namely, that Jesus wants your whole life. an opportunity to get out on the land, to Jesus says, “For whoever would save his life share some good fellowship, and to hear will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my some of the stories that marked the lives of sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if those who I was just getting to know. I he gains the whole world and forfeits his particularly enjoyed being able to share the soul? Or what shall a man give in return for Lord’s Supper with my new friends. I also his soul?” (Mt. 16:25-26) My sense was that learned not to have naps on the tundra by the folks I met in the Arctic really believed myself. It’s apparently a good way to get these words. eaten by a polar bear (something one doesn’t In short, I am immensely grateful for the time consider in Ottawa). Finally, I was able to that I got to spend in Iqaluit. It opened my observe the bowhead whale hunt, which was eyes to new kinds of ministry. It challenged awfully exciting, and it was a real joy to see me to look at my own heart and discover how the community so excited. it had responded to the Gospel. It Regarding my own growth, my time in the encouraged me to be more missional where I North gave me the opportunity to get am currently living, in Ottawa. And, I am glad involved in various parts of parish life. I got to to say, it made me miss the Arctic a lot once I help with a wedding, a funeral, a house had left. There is a plentiful harvest to be blessing, baptisms, and all sorts of other reaped in the Arctic, and it was an absolute things. I had a shaky career as a musician and privilege to meet some of the women and I even got to be the parish secretary for a men who have been called to labour for brief stint. I was offered some opportunities Christ’s sake in the mission field of the Arctic. to preach and was then offered some helpful I think often of everyone I met up in the

feedback by the clergy and others. All in all, I Arctic, and hopefully I get to go back soon! am grateful for the practical experiences that I was offered. Summer Ministry Placement However, more than practical ministry Baker Lake By: Aaron Solberg experience, I was blessed by getting to know some faithful Christians in Iqaluit. What particularly struck me, was the expectation of the Gospel. As I write, I am reminded of Jesus’ promise in His Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” (Mt. 5:6) As the days went by, I realized that the simple, but powerful, message of the Gospel had been preached in St. Jude’s for generations. As a result, folks just expected the Gospel to be preached, and It was a sunny morning, in a small village in they expected it to change the lives of those Southern Germany. Between teaching at a who heard it. And, indeed, the Gospel had local music school and studying theology, I changed lives, I heard testimony after sat down in a small Cafe for a meeting with testimony about the saving power of the my pastor. I remember it as if it were Gospel, and I was continually inspired by the yesterday, I was discouraged and could not repentance, joy, and freedom that so many figure out my next move toward shifting had received from Jesus. People in the Arctic careers from a music teacher and conductor seem to have remembered something that to ordained ministry. Sitting opposite me, a has largely been forgotten in the South; bemused look came over my pastor’s face as

24 he spoke: "why don't you take a look at the hamlet of Baker Lake I must confess I was Diocese of the Arctic". That evening when I overtaken by a sense of dread. It was close to arrived home I did precisely that. 10 pm and eerie light still illuminated the land After some time of prayer and debate with as we rode in silence. My mobile phone found my fiancé, I emailed Bishop David Parsons, no connection and as I looked beyond Baker and the first step of a unique adventure had Lake, there was nothing but boundless begun. After sending in my application and expanse as far as the eye could see, and I was several Skype interviews, the Bishop set upon by an uneasy loneliness. proposed I come for a short time to test the I would not describe my first evening in Baker waters of the Arctic. On July 31st, the first Lake as one of delight. The excitement of the day of summer vacation, at 6am I said a journey had by this point diminished. I was tearful goodbye to my fiancé at Basel Airport, suddenly confronted with the reality of having destination: Baker Lake. no connection to the outside world, and no I arrived on a fresh and brisk August evening way of reaching out to my fiancé back home. I at Baker Lakes small yet bustling airport recollect praying and questioning God, what without having the vaguest idea of what to he was thinking, sending me here. I awoke anticipate. David Simailak and his wife Jean early the next morning to a brilliant sun, greeted me at the airport with few words, shining over the empty and quiet dirt streets nevertheless I could sense their eyes sizing of Baker Lake. me up, as they to wondered what to expect. Each morning, I would arise and head to As we started down the dirt road toward the breakfast with David and Jean at the local Tim Hortons. Throughout this time, I got to know David and Jean who turned out to be some of the most heartfelt, down to earth, humorous and caring people I have ever met. On my first morning at Tim’s, David got straight to the point, ''you are here so we can see if you are Arctic material'', and that was fine by me. So, David and I hashed a plan. During the day I would have time for myself to focus on prayer and reflection, and whatever I sensed I needed to do. In the evenings we would open the church for people to come and visit. During our daily breakfast, we would be joined by a lively group of regulars, who I was honored to establish wonderful relationships

25 ''What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer!''

The expression ''I didn't teach them, but they taught me'' is frequently overused. Nevertheless, I felt called to come and minister to Baker Lake, and in all sincerity, God sent me to Baker Lake, so they could minister to me and my wounded soul. During my time I grew close with many people and built lasting relationships that have continued even after returning to Germany. It was on a with, and who even gave me a new name. daily basis that I would find myself moved and Umilitnaak, ''little man with beard''. The true touched by the narratives of grief and beauty of it all was I was even able to forge a affliction I would hear. Whether an evening at relationship with one local who spoke no the square dance or out front of Tim’s in a English. Afterward, I would head back home. cold August rain, a young man or women After another coffee, I would phone my reflecting on the suicide of a close family fiancé who would just be arriving home from member or best friend. A lack of employment work, as we had an 8-hour time difference. or the crushing debt that went along with it. Most of my late morning and afternoon were The struggle of fighting the depression, the spent roaming around Baker Lake speaking alcohol, the drugs. Nevertheless, what moved and listening to the people of Baker, that I me more than words can express, was the would meet on the street. The rest of the faith they had that things would get better, afternoon would be spent working on my that God would be there for them. That alone sermons and allowing my surroundings to faith and God could save them. inspire me to compose new music and an The Inuit are some of the warmest, faithful, occasional fishing trip. Each evenings and most loving people I ever have met. fellowship had a growing number of people, Nevertheless, the great injustice that was sermons, and snacks. What lacked was the served upon the people of the north, is still music. I had the privilege of putting together apparent to this day. There is a great need for an excellent band of resilient young men and the love of Christ and the fellowship of one women in Baker, with whom I performed body, and the true understanding that our

each night in the church, Sunday morning value comes from being created each in

services, the festival at the lake, and danced the image of God. until till 2 am at the square dance. Arthur Turner Training School Baker Lake transformed me. I saw a new By: Rev. Joey Royal world that I had not even fathomed existing. The faith of the people was something I had One of our goals as a Diocese is to provide never witnessed before, and each evening continual education and training to our clergy there were prayers offered that undoubtedly and lay leaders. However, the Arctic poses ended in tears. People stood before the altar many challenges in this regard. Our vast and laid bare their souls before God. Never in geographical distance from one another – my life have I seen the words of Joseph combined with the high cost of travel – means Scriven taken so completely, that gathering together is a rare luxury. Furthermore, the different cultures and

26 languages within our Diocese make any “one people need further training. Our goal in the size fits all” approach impossible, and require coming year (and beyond) is to provide both continued attention to language translation training and resources to lay leaders across and mutual understanding. the Diocese. We plan to make material That said, there is a common vision across the available, and also to conduct training Diocese, shared by lay leaders and clergy, workshops in strategic sites across the which informs all our education initiatives. Diocese. That vision is rooted in the message of the The third area is in continuing clergy training. Gospel, a message of repentance for the Unlike clergy elsewhere in the world, our forgiveness of sins resulting in personal clergy have few opportunities to take courses transformation (what the Christian or attend conferences. For our unilingual philosopher Dallas Willard called “the clergy there are few training resources renovation of the heart”). Our faith rests on available in their language. Combine this lack a “high” view of scripture as the Word of God with the fact that clergy bear a very heavy which speaks directly and clearly into the load in communities, often becoming the “go lives of northern people. Thus any education to” person for all the emotional and spiritual initiatives in our Diocese seek to be Gospel- needs of the people. The sad irony is that our focused, culturally-relevant and scripturally- people need continuing education the most rooted. yet have the least access to it. There has been To that end, we see three key areas where much effort within the Diocese to support education is needed in our Diocese. The first is clergy. For instance, there is a monthly clergy training through Arthur Turner Training conference call (one for English-speakers and School (ATTS). Readers of The Arctic News one for Inuktitut-speakers) which allows for will no doubt be aware that ATTS has recently mutual support and prayer. We have had reopened after a decade-long hiatus. Our regional gatherings as well as Diocesan-wide first cohort graduated last April, and four clergy conferences. These have been a source graduates are now ordained and ministering of encouragement and renewal for our people in parishes within our Diocese. Our and we hope for them to continue. partnership with Trinity School for Ministry I hope the preceding has given you some (www.tsm.edu) provided us with a curriculum sense of our vision for education in this which made this training possible. We had Diocese. We are a Diocese “on the move”, intended to accept another cohort this fall, looking ahead at growth and not decline. but have found ourselves involved in an That said, we need further resources to extensive review by the Government of accomplish all this. Would you consider Nunavut (GN). Fortunately, the GN has financially supporting the education initiatives concluded that, by meeting several of the Diocese? Any donation will be put administrative requirements, our students toward the training and upbuilding of clergy will again be able to acquire government and lay leaders, who are “on the ground” funding to attend our program. Lord willing, fulfilling the mission of Christ’s church. Even if we will accept a new cohort in September you cannot financially support us, we would 2019. greatly value your prayers. Please pray for The second area where education is needed God’s blessing on our work, that our people is in lay leader training. In many of our would be strengthened, encouraged and communities lay leaders run parishes – equipped. including preaching and leading services, conducting funerals, doing pastoral visits and If You Or Someone You Know Are so on. For even the more gifted and qualified Interested In A Summer Ministry Placement lay person this is a heavy load, and many lay Contact Us

27 GAFCON 2018 By: Rev. Francis Delaplain St. Andrews Hay River

It was such a privilege to visit Jerusalem and participate in GAFCON. The speakers were wonderful, the sessions were incredibly informative, but the best of it was being a part of such a global gathering. Sitting in the balcony seats with brothers and sisters from around the world, hearing the stories of what God is doing in their part of the world, and part of something that is so much bigger than praying for and being prayed for as a ourselves, and even our communities. It is the collective gathering; this was the best of the global work of the Holy Spirit, in which we conference to me. participate. We are also humbled. Often my Perhaps especially in the isolated north our problems can feel so big. They can feel like view of what God is doing in the world is so they are insurmountable and overwhelming. A limited to our distinct context. However, gathering like GAFCON reminds you that the there is such a connection with the faithful work of the Church has encountered bigger believers through out the globe. There is so obstacles, ours too will be overcome. We are much hope of the continued work of God’s humbled too that we have been counted Spirit. GAFCON for me was a window into this worthy to share in the work of this great larger world. And that encourages me now, reclamation project that God is bringing about as I am back in my smaller world. through his Church. Our faith in the birth, life, death, and This is my hope, that as I have been able to resurrection of Jesus Christ links us to a wider share my experiences from GAFCON with my world of faith. It links us to a faith historic own community. That we would be spanning back to the first apostles and indeed encouraged and humbled. That we would to the very events of the life of Jesus. At know that the power of the Church is God’s presence with his Church, and his work in and through the Church. May we have a sense of our smallness in light of the greatness of God’s work. Then we will know that the power is of God and not of us! In June 2018, I and a few other Arctic colleagues attended the third Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), held in Jerusalem. GAFCON is a gathering of those in the Anglican Communion who are resisting the drift toward theological liberalism in the church, and who see the acceptance of same sex marriage in the church as a significant GAFCON in Jerusalem these elements doctrinal deviation from the teaching of collided. The Church is global, God is at work scripture. More positively it aims to renew in the world, and we participate in that work. the Anglican Communion’s focus on the

Knowing this both empowers and humbles Gospel. us. We are empowered to know that we are a

28 Reflections On GAFCON By: Rev. Joey Royal Attending GAFCON was a joyful experience for me. The joy was largely due to the wonderful fellowship I experienced with Christians from around the world – Africans, Asians, South Americans, Australians. Many nations were represented, and I was blessed by the opportunity to meet Christians from vastly different cultural backgrounds. Looking out into the crowd of roughly 2000 people felt like a taste of heaven: “a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with in those nations – like the US and Canada – palm branches in their hands, and crying out who are divided because of moral and with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our theological issues. I was saddened by stories God who sits on the throne, and to the of lawsuits and depositions, and feelings of Lamb!’” (Revelation 7:9-10). woundedness and betrayal. That said, I did One of the most moving experiences for me not detect bitterness or rancor from those was gathering in my prayer group. Every day who spoke publicly, and although I found the 8 of us, including Canadians, British, boldness of some speakers quite bracing I Ugandans, Nigerians, told of our experiences never felt that they lacked charity. in ministry, including the specific needs and I have had several months now to think more struggles we faced. It was a potent reminder deeply about this experience, and my lingering that despite opposition – hostile question is “what’s next?” What’s next for governments, violence, famine, secularism, GAFCON, but more importantly what’s next persecution, discouragement, moral failures, for that part of the body of Christ which we and so on – the church of Jesus Christ call the Anglican Communion? We know our continues to enact and proclaim the Gospel. Lord’s will for his body is “that they may be Jesus said “the gates of hell shall not prevail one, even as we are one” (John 17:11) but against it” (Matthew 16:18) and to gather how are we to live out that unity in a deeply with the global Church is to more deeply divided, deeply broken Communion? How are recognize the truth of that. we to clearly articulate the Gospel when so Although the note of joy and encouragement many of our leaders are being lured away from was, for me, most pronounced, there was the truth by false gods, which are not gods at nonetheless a nagging feeling of sadness that all but “broken cisterns that can hold no stayed with me throughout the conference. water”? (Jeremiah 2:13). That sadness was due to the reason that These are difficult questions, and despite the GAFCON exists, which is because of the uncertainty of the future I am comforted by conflicted and fractious situation in which the the truth that the church belongs to Christ, not Anglican Communion currently finds itself. to us, and therefore the future shape of the Many in attendance did not shy away from church is not entirely up to us. What we are the reality “on the ground”, including the called to is faithful witness to the Gospel, and I deep divisions and scandalous disunity that commend the leaders of GAFCON for their

marks contemporary Anglicanism, particularly boldness in doing so.

29 Faith & Fellowship had exalted Jesus Christ and glorified Him at His right hand after His death, resurrection Acts 2:42-47 & Philippians 2:1-5 and ascension. It’s these three thousand A Sermon By: the Rev. Bryan Haigh people who Luke then speaks about in reference to the church being established Introduction (verse 42). Luke describes how the early We live in a world that is very individualised, church was characterised by unity and particularly in the western world where we togetherness. He speaks of them being have become less dependent on others. together (verse 44), where everyone shares These days, people seem to live more in with and cares for each other (verses 43 -45). isolation than before, and in some cases we He shows us how important it was for them to might not even know our neighbours. continue meeting together for worship, As human beings we are intrinsically selfish fellowship and to listen to the apostles and sadly this has infiltrated the church of teaching. We get the impression that they just God. We hear common phrases that the loved being together (verses. 46 – 47). We world throws at us such as “look after learn that there is no such thing as a “lone

number one, nobody else will” or “love ranger Christian”. Meeting together, sharing yourself more”. Even in some churches a together and worshipping God together was worship leader will say something like “forget indispensable from their lives and it’s what about those around you, just focus on God”. they longed for. Luke tells us that they often Well meaning I suppose, but it gives the met together every day celebrating their new impression that the individual is what is most identity in Christ. important. We see here the corporate nature of the There are many “one another” phrases in Christian community. In Christian circles we Scripture, in fact “one another” is used one hear some phrases that should raise a red flag hundred times in ninety four verses in the for us. You may have heard someone say that New Testament. It shows us the importance you don’t have to go to church to be a of others and also the dangers of self Christian, or that Jesus never told anyone to centeredness. The New Testament teaches go to church. However, the picture we get that we should live as though others are here in Acts is that meeting together for more important that ourselves – we should Christian teaching, fellowship, encouragement be “other person centered” as this is how the and prayer was something which they community of faith is built up. Indeed when desired, and it became the most important we focus on ourselves, we lose sight of aspect of their relationship with God. Meeting others, we lose sight of the mission and we together and growing together as believers tend to lose sight of God. God has given us an enriches the mission and ministry to which incredible mission but this mission falls out of God called them and we notice how God was focus when we are concerned too much for powerfully at work by empowering the ourselves. Let’s examine two passages of apostles to do many miracles (verse 43) and Scripture to see what the New Testament the whole community committed to sharing church was like and what we can learn from Christ as the Lord added to their number daily them. those who were being saved (verse 47). The early church (Acts 2) As we read this, we don’t see much Context is important, this section follows the individualism. What we see is God’s people apostle Peter’s sermon on the day of worshipping and serving God in the unity of Pentecost. Peter preached that Jesus is Lord fellowship. Together they were able to do so and King and 3000 people turned to God in much more than they could as individuals. repentance, accepting the message that God

30 Like – mindedness governed all that they did. be humble. Humility, is not thinking less of As much as a relationship with God through ourselves, rather it is to think of ourselves less Jesus Christ is deeply personal, it is also and of others more and indeed we have the corporate in nature. As they put these things greatest model of humility in our Lord Jesus into practice, God was at work to grow and Christ (verse 5). In humble loving service Jesus develop His church and its mission. Jesus had left the glory of heaven, came into the world given them a mandate for growth in chapter to be the slave of humanity, to lovingly give 1 verse 6 and this is how it started. All of up His life on the cross in self sacrificial God’s people united in fellowship, teaching, service. He is our model, we will do well to sharing, caring and loving the community follow His example. When we do that, being around them. other person centered, the church and The established church (Philippians 2) community will be built up and will fulfil its Years later the Apostle Paul wrote to the mission in the world. church at Philippi. Paul describes how the There is a great need in the church today to church can be built up through togetherness. love one another and to care for each other. He describes in verse 1 what we share The apostle Paul had a number of together. Encouragement from being united exhortations in his epistles calling the church with Jesus, comfort from the love of Jesus, to action. “Bear one another’s burdens” he fellowship by the Spirit of Jesus and told the Galatians, “Be devoted to one tenderness and compassion in Jesus. This is another in brotherly love”, he implored the what God has given to us through the gospel. Romans, “Speak truth to one another”, he Paul then shows us how to live it out in verse wrote to the Ephesians and “Encourage and 2. Being like – minded, having the same love, build one another up” he challenged the being united in spirit and purpose. The Thessalonians. This is the responsibility of interesting thing to note is that none of these each one of God’s people, and there are many are possible on our own. This is what builds more such injunctions in the pages of up and encourages the church and therefore, Scripture. This is how we serve Jesus by if we pretend that going to church and being serving one another, this is how we worship part of a Christian fellowship is not God together, this is how we love each other important, we deceive ourselves. and build up the fellowship of God’s people. Paul also describes what threatens this unity When we focus on the individual, these things and fellowship: selfish ambition and vain are impossible. Let’s stir one another on conceit (verse 3). Unity, fellowship, worship towards love and good deeds and pray that and encouragement are at risk when there is God will so empower us with His Spirit that selfish ambition, where there is vain conceit. everyone in our communities and across our These attitudes do so much damage among Diocese will know that we belong to Jesus.

the people of God, destroying the fellowship Amen. as well as the unity. Thankfully, the apostle This message was first shared in a sermon gives us the solution. In humility, he says, which you can listen to at consider others better than yourselves (verse www.facebook.com / 3) and look out for the interests of others HolyTrinityAnglicanChurchYellowknife/ above your own interests (verse 4). His exhortation is that we are not self centred, Please Pray For All Clergy but other person centered. Once again, the As They Are Our Front Line Soldiers call is to each of us and not just a few (verse

4). This kind of corporate fellowship and What Other Army Puts upliftment of the community is the responsibility that each of us has. We are to Its Generals On The Front Line.

31 New Buildings Report New Parish Building for Kuujjuaq

In January A Fire Gutted St. Peter Grise In September Warden Fiord Now It Almost Completely Restored Bobby Snowball, Rev. Abraham Tigullaraq and the congregation of St. Stephen’s asked Bishop David Parsons to consecrate their

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Inukjuak is preparing for a new minister. First Last January a fire almost destroyed St. of al they need a new rectory and so the Peter’s in Grise Fiord. After considering the parish has been busy building it. They hope to cost to restore,$ 350,000 or rebuild $900,000 have in completed and paid in full by It was decided to restore. We thank God that December. the insurance covered the cost of restoration of a new roof windows and interior. We thank you for all who prayed and NCC for

their partnership once more. Thank you for your prayers for the Our Clergy our Lay Leaders and for our Diocesan Synod March 27-31 2019. Also please pray for General Synod which meets July 10-16

32 Happy 150th Anniversary Dora would have celebrated her 100th birthday, we gathered to share memories of Diocese of Albany Dora and to celebrate her long and faithful service to St. John’s. Dora and Ron had 3 sons, Michael, Peter and Eric, and when they first came to Fort Smith both Ron and Dora were employed by the Northern Canada Power Corporation. Dora eventually went on to work for the Department of Education with the Government of the NWT until her retirement in 1983. When Ron died in 1977 Dora had to learn how to drive a car and to handle the family finances. She did learn how to drive and when she had to surrender her driver’s licence in her later years, she let all of us know how unfair that test was!! What a joy it was for Bishop David and Rita to As a licensed Lay Leader, Dora often carried the be with Bishop Bill and Karen Love and the services of our church when we didn’t have a Diocese of Albany as they celebrated their full time minister. She also played the organ 150th Anniversary. Their convention theme and led the choir with her beautiful singing was taken from Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is voice. She was often a one woman show - the same yesterday today and forever.” playing the organ and then moving to the Albany is Diocese of disciples whose mission lectern to lead the service. is to make disciples and that is not just talk, On her many travels she purchased beautiful they are actively doing it. silk flowers and always made sure that the Bishop David was honoured to speak at the flowers on the altar were changed every week closing youth mass, then following and that the snow was shovelled and the convention to join the Rev. Laurie church cleaned for Sunday services. Garramone and her husband Alistair, at St. Her baking skills were well known and she John’s Episcopal Church in Johnstown, NY spent many a year at the bake tables and “door where Bishop David once more table” for our Ladies’ Guild teas and bazaars. shared the gospel. Dora entertained many of us at church functions in her reciting of “Albert and the Celebrating the Life of Dora Jones Lion”. Twice she was honored as “Elder of the By Ruth Harold Lay Leader. Year” by the town of Fort Smith. Dora was a force. Her opinions were not things The parish of St. she kept to herself but she was always very John’s in Fort Smith gracious and kind. This could be seen in how was saddened she drew others into ministry and church recently with the activities. Dora passed away on October 9, passing of our dear 2018 in Kimberley BC where she had moved in Dora Jones. 2014 to be closer to her family. Dora and her She was just 28 days short of her 100th husband Ron were birthday!! originally from As Bishop David Lehmann said “ The choirs in England and moved heaven have another strong voice joining to Fort Smith in 1960 where they were both them.” very active Lay Leaders and Organists in our Well done good and faithful servant. Rest in church. On November 6th, 2018, the day that peace Dora!!

33 DIOCESE OF THE ARCTIC – PRAYER LIST Day Parish Clergy Lay Leader 1 Great Whale River Rev. Tom & Marianne Martin Sanikiluaq Dinah Kavik 2 Inukjuak Rev. Manas ee Uiayuk Umiujaq Charlie Tooktoo 3 Puvirnituq Rev. Moses & Iga Kalliraq Akulivik Joanasie Qaqutuk 4 Salluit Rev. Annie Keenainak Kangiqsujjuaq Inuluk Qissiiq Ivujivik Quitsak Tarkiasuk 5 Kangirsuq Rev. Ben & Grace Pearson Quaqtaq Rev. Bobby Nakoolak (retired) Aupaluk No Clergy or Lay 6 Kuujjuaq Rev. Abraham & Martha Tigullaraq Tasiujaq Tommy Cain Jn. Kangiqsualujjuaq Rev. Raquel Mack 7 Iqaluit Rev. Methusalah & Rev. Martha Kunuk Revs Jared & Rebecca Osborn Apex Rt. Rev. Paul & Abigail Idlout 8 Kimmirut Joanie Ikkidluak 9 Cape Dorset Eege Oqutaq 10 Pangnirtung Rev. Tommy and Olassie Evik 11 Qikiqtarjuaq Rev. Loasie & Jeela Akayuk Kuniliusee 12 Clyde River Rev. Esau and Mary Tatatoapic Rev. Jacobie Iqalukjuak 13 Pond Inlet Rev. Caleb & Zippora Sangoya Resolute Bay No Clergy or Lay Grise Fiord Rev. Jimmy & Geela Qaapik 14 Arctic Bay Rev. Leah Qaqqasiq & Frank May 15 Igloolik Without clergy Hall Beach Rev. Enoki & Sarpina Irqittuq 16 Coral Harbour Rev. Lucassie & Nowyah Nakoolak Naujaat Paul Malliki 17 Baker Lake Revs. David & Jean Simailak Rev. Joedee & Vivian Joedee 18 Rankin Inlet Rev. Eimsook Joung 19 Arviat Rev. Lucy & Joe Netser Whale Cove David Kritterdlik 20 Aklavik No Clergy 21 Inuvik Rev. Victor & Nalini Johnson Evangelist Mrs. Mabel Brown Sachs Harbour Joey Carpenter 22 Fort McPherson Rev. Rebecca & Lesley Blake Rev. Hannah Alexie Rev. Mary Teya 23 Fort Simpson Wrigley, Fort Liard Mavis Cli Michaud 24 Hay River Rev. Francis & Kassandra Delaplain 25 Fort Smith No Clergy 26 Yellowknife Rev. Bryan & Michelle Haigh Rt. Rev. Chris & Rona Williams 27 Taloyoak No Clergy or Lay Gjoa Haven Rev. Ikey & Elizabeth Nashooriatuk 28 Kugluktuk No Clergy 29 Ulukhaktok David Kuptana 30 Cambridge Bay Bay Chimo Brenda Janke 31 Tuktoyaktuk No Clergy or Lay

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